My house is gray, trim is white, mudroom door is white and front door was green (just repainted black). I would paint the mudroom door either the siding color (putty) or the trim color.

motherof3sons, Thanks for responding. I am so glad to hear that it can be done with success. But does success mean that it doesn't look like its been painted and that there has been no finish failure? And no failure for what time frame? Do you mind posting a photo of the finish? And did your Hubs use a process similar to what a auto body shop would use? We know the shop's owner and I do trust their work on auto painting. Just looking to get some confidence in repainting the oven because right now it sounds like the best solution. I spoke with the owner's son who told me they have something like 1000 whites available. He suggested I bring some paint chips to compare to theirs to try and get a close match. I think I would be ok with most any warm white that I could find a match for. I thought about selling it but I would probably still have a color matching dilemma. I don't think stainless would look good with the aluminum Gagg and I don't want solid black. I'm thinking that the painted part of the oven door would not get hotter than a car might if, for example, it was sitting in the desert on a hot day. I don't think I've ever touched the oven door while on so not sure of how hot it would get. My existing oven is old and the seal is failed so I don't think I could use it to judge expected temperatures. I would love to get some feedback about door temperatures that some of you are seeing. pzbbbbd, Good point and thanks for asking - but in this case, I've had the oven for a couple of years and so any warranty is over. Was really convinced that we would be moving forward on the remodel then but didn't happen!

Beautiful home, but the shutters are not to scale. Remember that the shutters are supposed to be able to close over the window completely (if anyone were to do so, which we don't anymore). But that's the idea. So, your top, small window has shutters that would overlap. The larger widow has narrow shutters that wouldn't even come close to covering the widow. All in all, I agree with those who say to lose the shutters. And ... yes, paint the front door in an eye-attracting color. I like the green above, or a maroon.

Is that real brick? It almost looks like some kind of panel made to resemble brick. If it is real, often they just did a thin veneer of brick on only a portion of the house to save money (as if we'll never see the house from the sides? what were they thinking?) Either way they can be removed/ replaced with more harmonious / congruous siding.... whenever it comes time to paint, not right now. If you do a pergola or new porch, keep it simple and in harmony with modest post WW2 1950s style. Your house is not the early 1900s or craftsman-esque style pictured above, and houses start looking like frankenstein houses when they have too many styles from different eras cobbled together. You should find that a lot of contemporary style will mesh quite nicely with your house - since it draws so heavily from that era. The conventional wisdom is to live in the house for a year before doing anything irreversible, but I dont that applies to tacked-on temporary things like awnings and such. Have fun!